Guard or screen for motor road-vehicles.



0. T. BANKS. GUARD OR SCREEN FOE MOTOR ROAD VEHICLES.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 14, 1907.

Patented Jan. 26. 1909.

sure that the contiguous OSCAR T. BANKS, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

GUAARD OB SCREEN FOR MOTOR ROf-i'B-VEETULEd.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Fetented Jan. 26, 1909.

Application filed November 14:, 1907. Serielli'o.

land, residing at 4-9 Mortimer street, London,

YR, England, have invented certain nev and useful Improvements in Guards .Screens tor Motor Road-Vehicles; and I do hereby declare the following to be lull, clear, and exectdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to Whioh it'eppertains to make and use the This invention for -unprovernents in guards or screens for motor road vehicles reletes to wind, dust end like screens which are formed of two or more ports edjustably connected together s'nd cspsble of benig fined at various angles to each other to suit different con ditions of Wind or the wey when not in us ject to facilitate the sup or screens of thet vjoe r;

tively adjustable L arts oi screen shell be kept close togcthe. spective of the angle of adjustment.

According to this invention both parts of the screen can be adjusted to any desired angle and also the parts of the screen are kept in close contact at their meeting edges by springs, one or more of the parts being mounted to slide relatively to the other part or parts to enable the necessary adjustment to be eiiected.

In one way of carrying the invention into practical efi ect l fornithe screen proper in two arts one or both of which are glazed in the (novvn. manner, and one of which fis mounted shove the other. The lower part is pivotslly mounted on the dash-board, while the upper part is mounted to slide ontubulsr pillars or rods pivotelly connected with the end framing of the lower part. Springs are located in the hollow guide pillars and beer on suitable projections on the ends of the upper half of the screen, which pass through slots in the pillars. By the action of the springs the lower edge of the upper or'sliding half of the screen is kept in contact with the upper edge of the lower halfso that Wind or rain cannot penetrate between the parts. At the same time the springs allow the upper part to slide on its guides as the angle between'the meeting edges of the screen halves varies with the adjustmentof the sereen. Alternatively the adjoining edges of the the perts can take place.

, o ii screens may be arranged to form a lrnuclrl joint in which case the axes of the pivotsmust be in line with the axis of the joint.

The adjustment and fixing of the parts after adjustment is effected by forming the cheeks of the pivots with series of opposed teeth adapted to be forced into engagement by screw nuts to lock the checks together in"? ter adjustment. v form a. box for the reception of a spring that tends to force the teeth out of engagement, so that by loosening the fixing nuts of both pivots, the screen can be adjusted. "The teeth of the pivots at opposite sides of the screen are so arranged that the disengage- The checks are hollow endment is effeeted by s letercl slidii'ig motion of the upper pivoted port of the screen, under theeotion of the springs. ll'hen folded or unfolded the screen is tightly held by the clsmping nuts and no shaking or rattling of It is necessary to sine-lien both nuts before the screen can be turned about its pivot. Suitable stays or stints are pivoted to the screen and slide in it go. e pivoted. on (3.1 arm projecting from me screen support and provided with means .uping the g dimvings, Figure l is no elevation o'r screen constructed so cording to this invention, showing the upper half folded down, Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the screen showing the upper hell vertical and the lower haliinclined. F 3 is e perspective view, Figs. el and 5 are detail views, and Fig. dis a side elevation of a. jointed screen support. Fig. 7 is a. detail view.

- The screen comprises the two glazed frames a a mounted on the jointed side pillars or supports 6 b which are connected to brackets c on the dash-board d by screw threaded sockets c. As shown the lower part a of the screen is mounted so that it can be adjusted at any suitable angle in relation to the dashboard. For this purpose the pillars or rods hforming the end framing of thelower part a of the screen are connected with the soclretpieces e by a pivot joint f having toothed checks 9 g formed respectively on the socket pieces e and the rods 5 end capable of being forced into engagement to lock the cheeks together after adjustment, by milled nuts h screwing on the outer ends of the pivot bolts f The nuts h are prevented from being turned entirely off the bolts by small heeded screws h with reverse threads. U

Between the cheeks g g which gre'reoessed on the inside a spring '71 is inserted which tends to force the cheeks apart when the nut h is loosened thus putting the teeth out'of en-.

I springs j are located which bear on projections or pins in the ends ofthe frame a that ass through slots b 'in the pillars b. The rarne a is capable of sliding on the pillars I) being connected thereto by guide lugs or eyes I). By the action of the springs the lower edge of the upper part wof the screen is kept in contact with the adjacent edge of the lower part a of the screen-whatever the angle of adjustment may be between the two parts a a. Stay rods 7c are pivotally connected to the pillars or rods 1) at Z and pass through guides m Fig. 7 mounted to turn freely in arms or brackets m on the socket pieces e. The rods 70 can readily follow the movement of the part a of the screenduring the adjustment and are fixed when the screen is adjusted by clamping screws n screwing in the guides m. It will beseen that the stay rods 70 are entirely uided and supported on the screen fittings, ut if desired stays connected to any convenient part of the car may be employed. When adjusting a part of the .screen both clamping nuts holding the toothed cheeks together must be slackened to allow the teeth of the corresponding pivot joints to be moved out of engagement b their springs. The screen can then be a j'usted and fixed in the adjusted position-by screwing up the clamping. nut on one side after which the clamping nut on the other side is tightened up. I F

What I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A guard or screen for vehiclescom-f' prising two members adjustable at variousanglesrelatively to each other, one member being slidable relatively to the" other, and spring means for forcing said sliding member against the other member to provide a tight joint at the contiguous edges thereof.

3. -A folding screen for motor roadvehicles comprising ointed end dpillars or supports, a lower glaze frame fixe an upper glazed frame mounted to s do on the end supports, and springs in the end supports arranged to act on the sliding upper frame to maintain the lower edge thereof close against the adj acent edge of the lower frame substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have affixedmy signature, in presence of two witnesses.

-OSOAR T. BANKS. Witnesses H. D. JAMnsoN, F. L. RAND.

in the end su ports, 

